Hoosiers Wrap Up Indiana Invitational With 3-1 Record

Saturday, August 31

Bloomington, Ind.

10:00 AM

Indiana University

3-1

UT-Martin

1-3

UT Martin

Indiana

Hoosiers Wrap Up Indiana Invitational With 3-1 Record

8/31/2019 11:14:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind.– The Indiana volleyball team split their second straight day of matches at Wilkinson Hall. The Hoosiers started the day with a victory in straight sets (25-18, 25-13, 25-21) over UT Martin and finished the night with a 3-0 (22-25, 24-26, 22-25) loss to Santa Clara.

Key Moments

In the opening match of the day against UT Martin, the Hoosiers got off to a strong start with a 6-1 lead and rode that momentum to a win in straight sets.
The Hoosiers closed out the third set against UT Martin on an 11-6 run to win 25-13, with sophomore Breana Edwards recording three kills during the stretch.
The Hoosiers trailed 21-12 in the opening set but came back to close that gap to two at 24-22. Santa Clara would get a kill on set point to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
Santa Clara went up 24-21 in the second set before the Hoosiers stormed back to tie the set 24-24, fending off three consecutive set points.
Getting down 17-13 in the third set, IU responded with a 6-1 run to take the lead at 19-18, with redshirt senior Kendall Beerman accounting for three kills in the process.
With the score knotted up at 22, Santa Clara closed out the match on a 3-0 run to take the 3-0 sweep.

Notables

The Hoosiers finished the weekend with a 3-1 record.
Senior Deyshia Lofton had a career-high four aces against UT-Martin. The team recorded 10 aces in the match.
Freshman Haley Armstrong filled the box score against Santa Clara, recording 15 digs, seven assists, and two aces.
Sophomore Breana Edwards finished the Indiana Invitational with a combined 67 kills.
Deyshia Lofton's efforts earned her a spot on the weekend's All-Tournament Team.

Up Next
Next up Indiana will host the Hoosier Classic as they welcome Yale, Oregon State and Oklahoma.

Indiana Head Coach Steve Aird
"Tip my cap to Santa Clara. That's a really good volleyball team. They came in here and served really well, put us in a tough situation on the first touch and you know obviously dictated the terms for most of the match. Proud of the kids, we battled back in every game. Game one we had opportunities after being down big. Game two a chance to come back and win the set, ball drops between two freshmen, life happens move on. Game three I thought Santa Clara just executed better. I tell the team all the time you can never really get it back you got to prepare the right way. We got to get better, we got to get back in the lab, get better at serve and pass.

I thought Santa Clara played great though, I think that's a good volleyball team. Shows us some of the weaknesses. Early in the season with a new team you're trying to figure out what's going to work and what's not going to work. We'll make some adjustments; we've got a big weekend coming up with some really good teams coming in and the schedule gets harder and harder as we go. On the macro, I would say 3-1 on the weekend, pleased with the fact that we won more than we lost. You want to win every match that you play, but that's not going to be a reality for this squad for the whole year. There will be nights where we don't play as well."